Effect of Land Use on Travel Behaviour: A Case Study of Agartala City

Non motorized trips constitute a major portion of the total trips made in the smaller Indian (population between 100,000 and 500,000). From many travel surveys conducted in these cities it was observed that the share of the non-motorized trips was decreasing. Similarly, the share of the private mode of transport was found to be increasing, and a formal public transport system is absent in many of these cities. In the present study it was hypothesized that the changing socio -economic characteristics and the land use pattern were the major factors causing these changes. Land use pattern has been characterized using the intersection density, and the land use mix parameters such as Area Index. An attempt has been made to study the effect of land use and socioeconomic parameters on the choice of private/public and motorized/non-motorized modes. In both the cases, socioeconomic characteristics were found to be significantly influencing the utilities of the modes. In both the cases, parameter on land use mix and the intersection density were also found to be significant. When controlling for the socioeconomic characteristics, land use parameters were found to be significantly influencing the utility/disutility of the motorized/non-motorized modes.